Sport: Who Won, Aug. 28, 1950

¶ In Brookline, Mass., in what Australians hoped was a preview of this week's Davis Cup doubles, Aussies Jack Bromwich and Frank Sedgman won the National title from the U.S.'s Billy Talbert and Gardnar Mulloy, 7-5, 8-6, 3-6, 6-1.

¶In Kure, Japan, Swimmer Hironoshin Furuhashi shaved nearly a second off the world's record for the 500-meter free style. His time: 5:55.8. Runners-up:Yale's John Marshall, Hawaii's Ford Konno.

¶ In Cleveland, 1948 Olympics Half-Miler Mai Whitfield legged the 880 in 1 :49.2, to equal the world's record set by Britain's Sidney Wooderson in 1938.

¶ In Stockholm, Yaleman Jim Fuchs won an international shot-put meet with a heave of 54 ft. 7½ in., returned to the field this week to make his best toss yet, a world-record 58 ft. 9 9/641n.

¶ In Chicago, 23-year-old Polly Riley of Fort Worth capped an eight-year effort to win the Women's Western Amateur Golf Championship by doing just that, 4 and 3, over 24-year-old Mae Murray of Rutland, Vt.

¶ In Baltimore, Veteran Lloyd Mangrum came from behind-on the last round to win $2,600 and the Eastern Open Golf Championship with a nine-under-par 279.

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